- Home-Delivered Meals: Nutritious meals and snack boxes that enable seniors to age in a place where they feel most comfortable and connected to their community. Home-meal delivery allows our drivers to form social connections to our seniors and check in on their well-being.
- Pet Support (available to those who receive home-delivered meals): Regular dog and cat food delivery, and vouchers for veterinary services.
- Congregate Meals: Community meals served at senior centers and locations throughout Hamilton County.
- Area Senior Services: Additional support from our team of licensed social workers which include transportation, personal financial management and senior care coordination—all with the goal of helping seniors age happily in their homes.
- OTR Senior Center: A warm and friendly place located just north of downtown Cincinnati where our seniors socialize, find friendship, and enjoy meals together.
- Building Coordinators: Social workers who help our seniors live in senior housing complexes across the Greater Cincinnati region.
- Health & Wellness Programs: In-person and virtual engagement focused on improving the physical and social lives of our seniors.
These wrap-around services and resources are critical, as many of our seniors are marginalized, have disabilities, or are living with chronic health conditions. Most are low-income or living below the poverty line.
We serve 10,000 seniors annually in 13 counties. Our service area includes Hamilton, Butler, Clermont, Warren and Clinton counties in Ohio, and the Kentucky counties of Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Gallatin, Carroll, Owen, Grant and Pendleton.
We deliver 1.2 million meals annually, all of which are assembled in our commercial-grade kitchen. In addition to our regular menu items, we prepare special meals for those seniors with certain health concerns, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. We are proud to provide our seniors menus with more than 50 meal options!
If you’re interested in Home Delivered Meals and believe you may qualify for assistance, contact one of the agencies listed below, based on where you live:
- Greater Cincinnati Residents (Hamilton and Butler Counties): Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio, 513-721-1025 or 800-252-0155
- Northern Kentucky Residents: Northern Kentucky Area Development District, 859-283-1885
If you don’t believe that you would qualify for assistance, we do offer Home Delivered Meals on a private-pay basis. To learn more, please contact 513-244-5485 or complete this form.
If you are interested in learning more about our Area Senior Services offerings, contact us: 513-244-4482.
We’d love to have you join our volunteer team and join in with packaging, delivering meals or birthday boxes, or performing any number of other important tasks. To learn more about volunteering and to see what options are available, visit our volunteer page. Or, for specific volunteer times and dates, see our volunteer portal. You’ll find it easy to sign up for something that interests you.
We ascribe to the highest standards of financial accountability, and as a fundraising organization, we make every effort to ensure the maximum impact of your financial investment in our programs. We rely on generous individuals, foundations, corporate sponsorships, private foundations, clubs, and leaders in the community to provide support that enables us to feed seniors in our 13-county footprint. All 100 percent of charitable giving stays in the region.
In addition to donations, there are various other funding sources, including the Hamilton County (Ohio) Elderly Services Tax Levy, federal funding under the Older Americans Act, the City of Cincinnati and other local governments, Ohio Department of Aging, Medicaid, county payroll taxes in Northern Kentucky, and the Northern Kentucky Area Development District. There is also a private payment option for clients and families.
It’s as simple as visiting this page and clicking on the “Donate Now” button. Or, you can mail a check made payable to Meals on Wheels of Southwest Ohio & Northern Kentucky to: Donations, 2091 Radcliff Drive, Cincinnati, OH, 45204.
We appreciate every dollar donated—we couldn’t do what we do without the generosity of so many folks like you in our community.
Meals on Wheels of Southwest OH & Northern KY is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Our tax ID number is 31-0537097. Our legal name is Wesley Community Services, and we started doing business as Meals on Wheels in March 2020.
As an official Meals on Wheels America partner, we benefit from being a part of a powerful national network that fights senior hunger and advocates for our elders. Yet, all donations and gifts stay locally where we serve. In addition, we share best practices through the national organization and often adapt their educational and marketing materials, making us more efficient while lowering expenses.
Meals on Wheels of Southwest OH & Northern KY is a BBB Cincinnati Accredited Charity and meets the Standards for Charity Accountability.
We adhere to the diversity policy outlined by our local Council on Aging as a contracted service provider.
View our most recent IRS Form 990 on GuideStar. All other 990s are available upon request.
